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'57 dead' in first US raid on Qaeda in Yemen under Trump

AFP

Jan 29, 2017

A US raid in Yemen killed 41 suspected Al-Qaeda militants and 16
civilians on Sunday, an official said, in what would be America's first
military action in the country under President Donald Trump. Eight women
and eight children were among those killed in the dawn raid in Yakla
district, in the central province of Baida, said the provincial
official, who did not want to be named, and tribal sources. Sources in
the region said the raid targeted the houses of three tribal chiefs
linked to Al-Qaeda. Read More

Yemeni officials: US makes surprise raid, killing 3

SANAA,
Yemen — U.S. forces launched a raid in central Yemen on Sunday,
security and tribal officials said, landing troops off of aircraft and
killing three alleged senior al-Qaida leaders in a battle that was the
third such U.S. ground engagement against the extremist group in Yemen.
The surprise dawn attack in Bayda province killed Abdul-Raouf al-Dhahab,
Sultan al-Dhahab, and Seif al-Nims, they said. The al-Dhahab family is
considered an ally of al-Qaida, which security forces say is
concentrated in Bayda province. A third family member, Tarek al-Dhahab,
was killed in a previous U.S. drone strike years ago. It was not
immediately clear whether the family members were actual members of
al-Qaida.

Washington Post

Arrogate wins $12 mn Pegasus as Chrome flops

Arrogate
romped to victory in the first running of the $12 million Pegasus World
Cup at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, as California Chrome failed to
shine in the world's richest horse race. Arrogate had triumphed over
Chrome in a Breeders' Cup Classic thriller at Santa Anita in November,
but the rematch was all Arrogate. Wide at the first turn, Chrome moved
toward the middle and traveled alongside Arrogate just off the early
pace.

AFP

Trump says his refugee ban is about protecting America. It's really about Islamophobia.

President
Trump’s recent decision to temporarily ban people from seven
Muslim-majority countries, along with all refugees, is billed as
religion neutral. It’s not a Muslim ban, the argument goes, because it
blocks people of all religions — as long as they’re a refugee or from
one of the seven countries. If you take a close look at Trump’s
executive order, you see that it contains a major loophole — an
exemption from its ban on refugee entry to the United States for
“religious minorities” being persecuted by their governments.